From 0939993935603a7ad171e1a86083ef3afe210919 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Wiegley Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 06:22:52 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify :config with setq versus :custom Fixes https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package/issues/564 --- etc/USE-PACKAGE-NEWS | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/USE-PACKAGE-NEWS b/etc/USE-PACKAGE-NEWS index b959a7578e7..1cc64d12342 100644 --- a/etc/USE-PACKAGE-NEWS +++ b/etc/USE-PACKAGE-NEWS @@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ - New keywords `:custom (foo1 bar1) (foo2 bar2)` etc., and `:custom-face`. + NOTE: These are only for people who wish to keep customizations with their + accompanying use-package declarations. Functionally, the only benefit over + using `setq` in a `:config` block is that customizations might execute code + when values are assigned. If you currently use `M-x customize-option` and + save to a settings file, you do not want to use this option. + - New `:magic` and `:magic-fallback` keywords. - New `:defer-install` keyword. -- 2.39.2